Artificial bait



Sept. 24, 1940. 4 LAUBY 2,215,908

\ ARTIFICIAL BAIT Filed Aug. 27, 1938 Fltt Eli-11555 Patented Sept. 24,1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

My invention refers to artificial lures or baits, and it particularlyhas for its object to provide a buoyant spoon plug formed from fibrousmaterial, such for example as disclosed in my previous Patent No.1,996,477, issued April2, 1935.

The specific object of my present invention is to provide a spoon ofbuoyant type embodying a solid body having an uninterrupted smooth faceor plane intersected by a circular or oval face or plane, the same beingin eifect semi-circular in cross section, whereby the fiat face, when inaction upon the water, will ride upon the surface thereof and simulate alive bait by causing a wake in the form of a V shape as it travels.

Another object of my invention is to provide, under certain conditions,a buoyant plug with a single hook, the barbed end of which, under normalconditions, is concealed in the body of the Plus.

With the above and other minor objects in view, the invention consistsin certain peculiarities of. construction and combination of parts as.zvill be hereinafter fully set forth with respect 0 laimed.

In the drawing:

- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a spoon plug, embodyingthe features of my invention, the view being taken on the line 33 ofFig. 2; and

Figure 2 is an inverted plan view of the same, with parts broken away tobetter illustrate structural features.

The numeral I represents a solid fibrous body, preferably of wood orsimilar buoyant material. The body is preferably semi-circular in crosssection, to develop a flat bottom plane 2 and a circular crowned topplane 2'.

Secured to the front end of the plug is a strap 3 through which ispassed wire strand 4, terminating with an exposed line loop 5. Thestrand the accompanying drawing and subsequently 4 is nested under thelower leg of the strap 3, with the looped end of said strap andassociated leg being secured by atack to the body, as shown,

The rear end of the buoyant plug I is centrally kerfed to form a seatingnest l for the end 5 of a single hook 8, it being understood that theend or bight of the hook normally rests upon an inclined portion of therecess, whereby it is below the exterior line of the plug. Thusconcealed it will produce a Weedless bait.

The single hook 8 is pivotally connected to the forward portion of thebody I by an eye 9, and when the bait is drawn through the water, undernormal conditions the hook will resist all weeds,

but when it is struck :by a fish, said hook, as indicated in dottedlines, will immediately swing out or beyond the body, whereby the fishwill be caught in the usual manner.

Attention is directed to the fact that the bight of the hook is entirelywithin the slot 1, and is 20 at all times guided in its verticalmovement by the side walls of said slot. Hence, the hook is preventedfrom twisting upon its pivot, and is held to reciprocate vertically atall times by the walls of said slot. 25

While I have described very minutely my inventidn as to details ofconstruction, it is understood that I may vary the structure to comewithin the scope of my claim.

I claim: v

An artificial bait comprising a body having a narrow rear slot thereinprovided with a forwardly inclined seat portion, a single hook inpivotal union with the :body, the body of the hook 85 being nested andreciprocatively guided between the slot walls to hold said hook againsttwisting, the point of the hook being supported and concealed upon theinclined portion of the slot when said hook is normally at rest.

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